Improvement in iron bedsteads



' n. H. BROWN-80A; n. c. Woon IRON-BEDSTEAD.

Pate nted Feb; 8, 1876'.

Ila-173.109.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D. C

i UEITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL H. BROWN AND ARGHIBALD D. O. WOOD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN IRON BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of-Letters Patent N o. l73,l09, datedFebruary 8, 1876; application filed To all whom it may concern.- areconnected, without the use of separate T,

Be it known that we, DANIEL H.'BBOWN with short pieces of pipe betweenthem.

and AROHIBALD D. 0. Wool), of Chicago, in v The short horizontal tube a,which'holds the the county of (look and State of Illinois, have siderails B is located near the end of the invented a new and usefulImprovement in longer tubeb, which holds the end rail I said theConstruction of Iron Bedsteads, of which tube b'joining with thevertical tube 0, which the following is a specification: I holds thepost H. The upper side rails B Our said invention relates to a bedstead,of which are in the same plane with the posts H, novel form, constructedof metal tubes arare secured to themby means of the single T ranged andconnected in such a manner as to U The lower side rails B are not in thesame render the bedstead strong and durable, and plane with the postsand top rail, but are set at the same time very light and convenient. ina little-more than vthe thickness of the pipe,

- The peculiar construction of our bedstead for the purpose ofsupporting aspring or other is illustrated in the accompanying drawing,bed-bottom,E, as shown in'the drawing. The, which We will proceed todescribe. i location of said lower side rails are determined Figure lisaside elevation of our improved by the position of the short tubes a ofthe bedstead. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on double T. line at m.Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the The upper side rails B and lowerside rails same. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the 'dou- B are tied inthe center by means of two 2) ble T 0 side rail B end rail I. single Ts.D D, through which the side rails The bedstead has two end frames, A A,pass, said Ts being connected byashort pipe, which constitute the headand foot. These which is provided with screw-threads at its frames areconnected firmly by four side rails, ends, and fitted together in thesame manner B B which are provided at their ends with as the otherjoints in the frame. right and left hand screw-threads, which cor- Fromthe top of the head-frame a canopyrespond with threads tapped infourcast-iron frame may be attached and supported, as or other metal Ts, (l0 on the end frames shown in the drawing. A A. I Having thus describedour invention, what The double T, 0 of which four (4)are used we claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patin the construction of our improvedbedstead, ent, is- I are each cast of one solid piece of metal, be- 1.The double T 0 substantially as coning hollow or tubular,and composed ottwo(2) 'structed,-=and. for the purpose herein de-.

intersections of tubes-viz., one short hori'zonscribed. v

tal tube, a, which intersects and forms a junc-. 2. The single Ts D Dandshort pipe, subtion with a longer horizontal tube, b, whichstantially as and for the purpose specified. intersects and forms ajunction with a vertical v tube, 0 there beingvfoui-(at) open ends,which DANIEL H. BROWN. are tapped with screw-threads, in which the ARCH.D. G. WOOD. posts and lower rails are secured. This cou- Witnesses:stitutes what we term a double-T connection, S. W. RAWSON,

by means of which the rails B 1 and posts H GEORGE B. DURKEE.

